It has been a whirlwind week to be sure with crewing and casting calls before the cameras roll on the 29th of Oct. The hazelnut coffee is flowing and I’m excited that we DO have a sponsor for all our coffee on set! This will be announced soon with all our other business sponsors. What a great opportunity  for them and for this film that will be released into worldwide markets in 2013. We’ve made some great cast announcements as of this morning including the addition of our film’s young lead RED. Who?  Go seek out our ASHES OF EDEN website and Facebook and you will see:)

So I took the day again to work on the new office. We have it roofed but still need 3 pieces of the steel up in the overhang. We got hit by heavy rain today so we put in all but two of the windows and insulated more. I spent quite a bit of time high up on the ladder. Up there I imagined what others who had to work at real heights went through while working. High atop bridges, buildings, Mount Rushmore…

Building on this project has helped me put things into perspective again on how pieces all add up. Enjoying the fall leaves, cool breeze while burning brush in the fire pit. Piece by piece it comes together much like a film:) Or a career. You do a little here, a call there, send this off…it all adds up. I said that early in my career that if everyday I do one thing by years end I will be that far ahead of the next person. Maybe they did one thing that week to help themselves move ahead. Work hard and things will happen.

Other than that it has been gathering distribution materials, setting up some post-prod., licensing TV deals, development discussions and so on. That said, the actor in me is most excited by the story that will soon unfold before us. I’ve produced larger and smaller films but at the core it all comes together the same. A group of artists pooling together their talents. So I plan to do what I do. Make a movie. We have two weeks from Monday before we roll so we will work steadily forward. We will put the pieces of the puzzle into place. Just like the office building – piece by piece. Just like our goals piece by piece. Just like our dreams – piece by piece!

Living our lives – piece by piece:)

Have a great weekend.

Peace!

DJ

MSU is playing on TV. I’m full of great coffee and some breakfast as I make my way through a slew of emails. It has been several days of just classic Michigan fall. I’ve been burning brush from the tree cutters while spending a few days on the home office. It also looks like Monday we will go full steam ahead on “Ashes of Eden”.

I’m excited to see this film launch. It will be a great way to end the year dropping me right off on the doorstep of the holiday season. We have spent weeks prepping for official pre-production so we can shave a week off. As it stands right now we should be rolling cameras on Oct. 29th. It will be a very busy time these next few weeks. If my communication is slower this week please do forgive me. We did just announce a few more new cast members and more will be announced this week. I’m excited about the cast shaping up and you can look them up on IMDB or the “Ashes of Eden” website.

Also we are locking in our US?Canada deal on “Darkest Night” and will announce the street date at our Oct. 20th showing in San Francisco for the FACINE Film Festival. Also final mix underway on “Locked in a Room” to deliver to our distributor. Also “Donors” announced that the music score will be done in Michigan by our associate Dennis Therrian. He also was announced for the post audio/score work on “Ashes of Eden”.

Other than that I’ve had some new sales/distribution folks initiate talks about our products past, present and future. We are also waiting on licensing agreements for a few CDI properties that will be coming to TV. If you own a company and are interested in sponsorship in our “Ashes of Eden” please contact me directly at perrydj@aol.com we have several on board already. I hope you all enjoy the beautiful day and harvest the goods of your past year.

DJ